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单词 offender
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Definition of offender in English:

offender

noun əˈfɛndəəˈfɛndər
  • 1A person who commits an illegal act.

    an institution for young offenders
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Important differences emerged regarding the criminal histories of major and minor offenders.
    • The shots fired at her by the offender were totally unprovoked, totally unnecessary.
    • There are no similar laws denying aid to violent or other criminal offenders - including murderers.
    • Under a civil lawsuit, however, the judge can decide freely which measure will be taken against the offender.
    • Offenders often fail to realize the severity of their crimes, and an antagonistic prison environment can exacerbate feelings of being wrongly accused and hamper treatment.
    • State budget deficits are often amplified by costs associated with prisons bulging with nonviolent drug offenders.
    • This sentence allows an offender to be detained indefinitely.
    • The offenders had previously either been found guilty or pleaded guilty to conspiracy to handle stolen goods.
    • The teenagers, both persistent young offenders, had admitted at least three other offences each on different days in west York.
    • They emphasize violent criminals to build prisons and they fill them with drug offenders, and insist on the death penalty.
    • Drunk drivers and other misdemeanor offenders may be less likely to face prison if a Ministry of Justice policy proposed yesterday is implemented.
    • He pushed for a law that would forever put away violent repeat offenders like the men who killed his daughter.
    • She owns her own firm — often representing repeat offenders — and finds herself in a world unto itself.
    • Offenders of intellectual property violations will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
    • It demonstrated the procedures to follow for sentencing young offenders.
    • That is what we are dealing with, with child sex offenders.
    • There are major problems, nevertheless, in applying the law there and prosecuting offenders.
    • There is nowhere dedicated to housing and rehabilitating delinquent girls or juvenile female offenders.
    • In the past two decades, the federal prison population has doubled, mostly due to drug offenders.
    • Many of the young offenders who are let out are not first offenders.
    Synonyms
    wrongdoer, criminal, lawbreaker, malefactor, felon, delinquent, culprit, guilty party, sinner, transgressor, evil-doer, reprobate, outlaw
    juvenile delinquent, young offender
    informal crook
    Australian informal crim
    Law malfeasant, misfeasor
    archaic miscreant, trespasser
  • 2A person or thing that does something wrong or causes problems.

    you can't get away from sex these days, and the TV is the worst offender
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now, in the epoch of multiculturalism, the offenders are accused of being Eurocentric or of exhibiting cultural arrogance.
    • In this respect, the Roman Catholics are not by any means the only offenders.
    • The two greatest offenders come back-to-back in the middle of the album.
    • Whether they can actually negotiate voluntary restraints remains unclear, since presumed offenders are peddling cut-rate steel in part to keep shaky economies afloat.
    • The Irish Deaf Society says less than a tenth of all Irish broadcasting is subtitled, with these stations being the worst offenders.
    • He was the worst offender in the overconfidence that swept Portuguese ranks and halted their early momentum.
    • People working in hospitals have told me that the worst offenders for not washing their hands are the doctors.
    • The carer, a competent young woman, was obviously quite accustomed to this and handled the worst offenders with patience, courtesy, and complete effectiveness.

Rhymes

addenda, agenda, amender, ascender, attender, blender, Brenda, contender, corrigenda, descender, engender, extender, fazenda, fender, gender, Glenda, Gwenda, hacienda, Länder, lender, mender, pudenda, recommender, referenda, render, sender, slender, spender, splendour (US splendor), surrender, suspender, tender, Venda, weekender, Wenda
 
 

Definition of offender in US English:

offender

nounəˈfendərəˈfɛndər
  • 1A person who commits an illegal act.

    an institution for juvenile offenders
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They emphasize violent criminals to build prisons and they fill them with drug offenders, and insist on the death penalty.
    • The teenagers, both persistent young offenders, had admitted at least three other offences each on different days in west York.
    • She owns her own firm — often representing repeat offenders — and finds herself in a world unto itself.
    • This sentence allows an offender to be detained indefinitely.
    • In the past two decades, the federal prison population has doubled, mostly due to drug offenders.
    • Many of the young offenders who are let out are not first offenders.
    • There is nowhere dedicated to housing and rehabilitating delinquent girls or juvenile female offenders.
    • The shots fired at her by the offender were totally unprovoked, totally unnecessary.
    • Important differences emerged regarding the criminal histories of major and minor offenders.
    • Drunk drivers and other misdemeanor offenders may be less likely to face prison if a Ministry of Justice policy proposed yesterday is implemented.
    • He pushed for a law that would forever put away violent repeat offenders like the men who killed his daughter.
    • There are no similar laws denying aid to violent or other criminal offenders - including murderers.
    • Offenders of intellectual property violations will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
    • Under a civil lawsuit, however, the judge can decide freely which measure will be taken against the offender.
    • Offenders often fail to realize the severity of their crimes, and an antagonistic prison environment can exacerbate feelings of being wrongly accused and hamper treatment.
    • State budget deficits are often amplified by costs associated with prisons bulging with nonviolent drug offenders.
    • That is what we are dealing with, with child sex offenders.
    • There are major problems, nevertheless, in applying the law there and prosecuting offenders.
    • It demonstrated the procedures to follow for sentencing young offenders.
    • The offenders had previously either been found guilty or pleaded guilty to conspiracy to handle stolen goods.
    Synonyms
    wrongdoer, criminal, lawbreaker, malefactor, felon, delinquent, culprit, guilty party, sinner, transgressor, evil-doer, reprobate, outlaw
  • 2A person or thing that offends, does something wrong, or causes problems.

    of atmospheric pollutants, the worst offender is sulfur dioxide
    he himself may be an offender of the very issues he is discussing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The two greatest offenders come back-to-back in the middle of the album.
    • Whether they can actually negotiate voluntary restraints remains unclear, since presumed offenders are peddling cut-rate steel in part to keep shaky economies afloat.
    • The carer, a competent young woman, was obviously quite accustomed to this and handled the worst offenders with patience, courtesy, and complete effectiveness.
    • He was the worst offender in the overconfidence that swept Portuguese ranks and halted their early momentum.
    • Now, in the epoch of multiculturalism, the offenders are accused of being Eurocentric or of exhibiting cultural arrogance.
    • People working in hospitals have told me that the worst offenders for not washing their hands are the doctors.
    • In this respect, the Roman Catholics are not by any means the only offenders.
    • The Irish Deaf Society says less than a tenth of all Irish broadcasting is subtitled, with these stations being the worst offenders.
 
 
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